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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	know_v	let_v	lord_n	3,357	5	3.9065	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19663	One and thyrtye epigrammes wherein are brieflye touched so manye abuses, that maye and ought to be put away / compiled and imprinted by Robert Crowley, dwellinge in Elye rentes in Holburne.	Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1550 (1550)	STC 6088.3; ESTC S311	15,404	73

hertes do saye Surelye there is no God let vs take our owne waye Thus iudged kynge Dauid and that for good skyll Bicause he sawe their worckes were wycked and euyll They are sayeth he corrupt and nought in all theyr wayes Not one that doeth good and therfore he sayes That they thyncke there is no god theyr worckis do declare For to do the thynge that good is they haue no maner care But what would Dauid saye if he were in these dayes when men wyll do Ill and iustifie theyr yll weyes They leaue the good vndone and do that yll is And then they call that yll good what woulde Dauid saye to this I know not what Dauid would saye in this case But I knowe that good Esay doeth cursse them apase Esai v. Woe sayth this prophete to them that in do call That thyng good that euell is but this is not all He sayeth woe to them that call dearckenes lyghte Preferryng theyr fansey before the worde of myght If they fynde a thynge wrytten in Paul Luke or Iohn Or any other scripture they wyll ther of none Except they may easily perceyue and se That wyth theyr fleshly fansey they may make it agre All other textis of scripture they wyll not stycke to deny Yea some of them wyll god and his scripture defie And say they wyll make merie here for when they be gone They can haue no ioye for soule they haue none If these menne be not godles muche maruell haue I Well the cause is the Lordes lette hym and them trye I knowe at the laste they shall fynde him to strong The daye of his vengeaunce wyll not tarye longe Of Idle persons IDlenes hath ben cause Eccle 33 of much wyckednes As Ecclesiasticus doeth playnely wytnes Idle persons therfore can not be all cleare As by the storie of Sodome it doeth well appeare But that we may come nere to our owne age The Idlenes of Abbays made them outrage Yet let vs come nere euen to the tyme present And se what myschyfe Idle persons do inuent What cōspiracies haue bē wroght wythin this lyttle whyle By Idle men that dyd the commons begyle And what haue Idle men alwaye practised To breake the peace of prynces that they myght be hyered I wyll not saye what the Idlenes of priestis hath done Nor yet the Idlenes of seruantis in London Let euerie man search his owne houshold well And whether the thynge be true that I tell Yea what abuse dyde euer emonge the people rayne But the same dyd fyrst sprynge out of an Idle brayn Idlenes therfore maye ryghte well be named The gate of all mischiefe that euer was framed Ye maisters and fathers therfore that feare God omnipotente Kepe youre families occupied leaste ye be shente For if thorowe their idlenes they fall into outrage Your iudgemente shall be strayght for they ar cōmitted to your charge Kepe them therfore styll occupied in doynge youre busines Or els in readynge or hearyng some bokes of Godlines And woulde god the maiestrates woulde se men set a worke And that within thys realme none were suffered to lurke This realme hath thre cōmodities woule tynne and leade Which beīg wrought with in the realme eche man might get his bread ¶ Of inuenters of straūge newes SOme men do delite straunge newes to inuente Of this mannes doynge and that mannes intente What is done in Fraunce and in the Emperours lande And what thinges the Scotes are nowe takynge in hand What the kynge and hys counsell do intende to do Thoughe for the moste parte it be nothynge so Suche men cause the people that els woulde be styll To murmure and grudge whiche thinge is verye yll Yea We sawe the experience of thys of late sometyme they cause the people to ryse And assemble them selues in moste wicked wyse In Plato hys commune wealth suche men shoulde not dwell For Poets and Oratours he dyd expel Oh that these newes bryngers hadde for their rewarde Newe halters of hempe to sette them forwarde ¶ Of Lay mē that take tithes and priestes that vse their tythes priuatelye VVhan Iustice beganne in iudgemente to sitte To punishe all suche menne as faultes did committe Than was there a manne before hyr accused For tithes that he toke and priuatelye vsed Whan due profe was hadde and the thynge manifeste The witnesses sworne and the trespace confeste Then gaue the Iudge iudgment and these wordes he spake Se that from this Caytife all his goodes ye take For seing he made that priuate that commune shoulde be He shall haue this iustice by the iudgemente of me Those pore men that by the tythes shoulde be releeued Shal haue al hys goods emonge them deuided And bicause he shewed no mercye no mercye shall he haue Iacob ii The sentence is geuen go hange vp the slaue Of Leasemongers OF late a Leasemonger of London lay sicke And thinckinge to dye his conscience did hym pricke Wherefore he sayde thus wyth hym selfe secretely I will s●nd for a preacher to knowe what remedye But whiles he thus laye he fell in a slumbre And sawe in his dreame pore folke a great numbre Whoe sayde they had learned thys at the preachers hande To paye all with patience that their Landelordes demaunde For they for their sufferaunce in suche oppression Are promised rewarde in the resurrection Where suche as take leases them selues to aduaunce Are certayne to haue hell by ryghte inheritaunce Of Marchauntes IF Marchauntes wold medle wyth Marchaundice onelye And leaue farmes to such men as muste lyue therebye Then were they moste worthye to be hadde in pryce As menne that prouide vs of all kyndes Marchaundice But sythe they take farmes to lette them out agayne To suche men as muste haue them thoughe it be to their payne And to leauye greate fines or to ouer the rente And purchase greate landes for the same intente We muste neades call them membres vnprofitable As menne that woulde make all the realme miserable Howe they leaue of their trade and lende oute their money To yonge Marchaunte menne for greate vsurye Whereby some yong men are dryuen to leaue all And do into moste extreme pouertye fall It greueth me to wryte but what remedie They muste heare their faulte sythe they be so greadye And thus I saye to them and true they shall it fynde The Lorde wyll haue all their yll doynges in mynd And at the laste daye whan they shall arise All shall be layde playne before theyr owne eyes Where iudgemente shall be geuen Iacob ii as saynte Iames doeth wytnes Wythoute all mercye to suche as be merciles ¶ Of men that haue diuers offices WHan the Citye of Rome was ruled aryght As aunciente Autours do recorde and wryte Ambition was punished wyth vtter exile Yet were there some that did venter some whyle But we reade not of anye that euer wente aboute To haue two offices at once were they neuer so stout But alas in this Realme